A method, apparatus and system employing a 17B/20B coder is disclosed. The 17B/20B coder to receive an incoming stream including a 17B block and a 20B block, and partition the 17B block into first blocks, and partitioning the 20B into second blocks. The coder is further to code 17B to 20B of memory using one or more serial lines for communication is performed, wherein coding includes coding the first blocks of the 17B block and the second blocks of the 20B block, wherein the coding of the first and second blocks is performed such that a maximum run length is maintained.
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